Marc Marquez: “The only circuit where I made a mistake was here”

Marc Marquez stays cautious on eve of COTA MotoGP weekend, recalls shock 2019 ꧃mistake.

Marc Marquez, 2025 Americas MotoGP
Marc Marquez, 2025 Americas MotoGP

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Marc Marquez is keeping his 2019 COTA defeat at the forefront of his mind to avoid complacency ahead of this weekend’s MotoGP round.

The new factory Ducati rider has been in dominant form, winning all four races f🎃rom pole position so far thi𒅌s season.

Now, he arrives at one o♌f his strongest tracks, determined 🍒to maintain his momentum.

C🌠OTA has historically been Marquez territory, but in 2019, his perfect record at the T🌳exan circuit came to a dramatic halt.

On course ❀for a seventh consecutive victory, he crashed out of a comfortable race lead.

An engine braking glitch on his Repsol Honda was rumoured to have con♒tributed to the shock mistake, but Marquez is using the incident as a reminder to keep fully focused this weekend.

“Obviously we’ve started the season in the bes🌌t way possible,” Marquez said in Texas on Thursday.

“And the most important thing is that every practice, every session, I feel the bike, I ꦛfeel the limits. I feel comfortable.

“Also sup🤪er good with the team. Every time the connection is better and better.

“B𓃲ut we need to keep focused, fully concentrate because for example in my best season in MotoGP in 2019 the only circuit where I made a 🍃mistake was here.

“So just focus and try to d♛o our best during 🤡the weekend.”

Sꦐuzuki's Alex Rins took victory over Valentino Rossi in the 2019 event, while Marquez had to wait until 2021 to claim h▨is seventh COTA win.

Starting th♔is weekend 16 points clear of younger brother Alex, Marquez added:

“I know that expectations are higher and higher for every race. And the results🌃 don't help to calm expectations!

“So for that reason I [meꦛntioned] 2019, because it was the only circuit where I ꩲdid a mistake.

“I try to think🎀 in a negꦚative way to avoid that extra confidence that can create a situation that we don't like.

“So let's see how we start, let's see where are the oppon🌠ents and from that poin༺t try to do our best.”

Bad weather could provide an extra element of unpredictability with rain forecast for Friday morning’s opening pra൲ctice.

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